New Forest. Directory of Services

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1 New Forest Directory of Services

2 Introduction This Directory has been compiled as part of the support, advice and guidance offered to people living in the New Forest. For further information contact: Community Development Community First New Forest Archstone House Pullman Business Park Pullman Way Ringwood BH24 1HD Telephone

3 Contents Any entry in this directory with a D alongside it indicates this organisation is recognised as dementia friendly by Dementia Friendly Communities Topic Page Emergency 3 Community Advice & Information General Services Animals Transport services Social Social and Special Interest Clubs Lunch Clubs Community Halls Churches Wellbeing and Medical Services

4 Emergency Numbers Crimestoppers Electric Emergency Emergency Services 999 Flood Line Gas Emergency NHS Dental Emergency Helpline NHS Direct Police Southern Water

5 Community First New Forest General enquiries Archstone House Pullman Business Park Pullman Way Ringwood BH24 1HD Call & Go Transport service for older people & those with disabilities, who require door to door service locally Grandparents support group Grandparents who care full-time for their grandchildren Home Improvement Agency Repairs, funding, adaptations and improvements for elderly, disabled and people on low incomes Minibus Hire Volunteer Centre

6 Advice & Information D D D D Adult Services Information and advice to support independent living, report concern about vulnerable adults, deaf and sensory information Age Concern New Forest Southward House, Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu SO45 4PT ageconcernnfe@btconnect.com Age Concern - Gardening Has list of certified gardeners in the area. Charges vary. Age Concern Hampshire Computer sessions for older people Anyone over 50yrs who wants to learn about computers/internet/digital photography. Courses individually structured with one to one tutor. Learn at own pace. One hour booked session per week. Phone co-coordinator to discuss needs. Courses in Lyndhurst mail@ageconcernhampshire.org.uk Age Concern Computer Clubs Contact for times and venues. Benefits Agency - Disability and Living Allowance Helpline New claim pack Freephone Freephone Bereavement Care (Cruse) Bereavement Register A service specifically designed to remove from databases and mailing files, the names and addresses of people who have died Births, Marriages & Deaths Registrar Blue Badge Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester SO UH 5

7 British Red Cross Helps people live independently in own homes. Offers range of services medical equipment loan, home from hospital, therapeutic care. CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau) 91 Junction Road, Totton SO40 3BU The Grove, 25 St John s Road, Hythe SO45 6BZ High Street, Lymington S041 9AP (Also for Fordingbridge) Outreach at Twin Oaks Medical Centre, Ringwood Road, Bransgore Call Carers Direct NHS Free, confidential information and advice for carers. Lines are open 8am to 9pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm at weekends. Calls are free from UK landlines or you can request a free call back. Can You Dig It (in Partnership with Red Cross) Gardening tool loan for 2 weeks trial before deciding to buy. Open 9.00am pm. Carers Allowance Unit Government benefits and allowances enquiry line Carers Line Carers UK based in London Carers Active Listening Line (Carers Together) Carers Support Line (Salisbury area) Carers Together New Forest Provides outgoing help and support, a variety of activities and relaxation days for family/unpaid carers Carers in Hampshire (The Princess Royal Trust) Choices Advocacy Coxley House, 63 Millbrook Road East, SO15 1HN For over 16s with learning disabilities Community Alarms and Telecare Community Legal Service Free legal help and advice

8 Consumer Direct Crime Prevention Advice on safety in the home and crime prevention issues Disability Equipment Register Service to help with the purchase & sale of used disability equipment Domestic Violence Womens Aid 24 hour National helpline Equipment and advisory service GP, Health or Social Care Professional or self referral Elder Abuse Enable Info and advice on disability Salisbury Area Energy Saving Trust Fawley Parish Council, Jubilee Hall, The Square, SO45 1DD Fire and Rescue Community Safety Free Home Fire Safety Visit for HCC Clients Ref Code ASHCC Furzey Gardens Charitable Trust Guide to Better Care and Support - Hantsdirect A guide to staying independent in your own home Hampshire trading Standards Buy with Confidence Source reliable local traders Hazardous Waste Disposal eg light bulbs, batteries, oven cleaner Marchwood Home Improvement Agency (Community First New Forest) Repairs, funding, adaptations and improvements for elderly, disabled and people on low incomes. Hia.manager@cfnf.org.uk

9 Hythe Parish Council, The Grove, St John s Street, Hythe SO45 6BZ D D D D D D D Joint Armed Forces Legal Advocacy Service Available to ex service personnel, MH Service users, physical disabled, old or infirm, those in receipt of DLA, Pension Credit, income support. Free service. enquiries@jaflas.co.uk Library (Hythe) Pylewell Road Library (Blackfield) 167 Hampton Road Library (Totton) Library Road, Totton SO40 3RS Library (Ringwood) Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 1DW Library (Fordingbridge) Roundhill, SP6 1AQ Library (Lymington) North Close SO41 9BW Library (New Milton) Gore Road, BH25 6RW Library Mobile Service Library (Hythe For people who can t access mobile library) Lyndhurst and Emery Down Parish Council Lyndhurst Welfare Charities Marchwood Parish Council Minstead Parish Council New Forest Disability Information Service 6 Osborne Road, New Milton BH25 6AD Equipment hire also available info@newforestdis.org.uk New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Lyndhurst SO43 7PA OFWAT Water Board issues Organ Donor Register Post Office Counters Helpline Postal, telephone, licences, money

10 Postal Preference Service (Reducing Junk Mail) MA House, 70 Margaret Street, London W1W 8SS Princess Royal Trust For Carers Information on emergency planning and other carer support. Relate East West Relatives Association For people with relatives in residential care D Respite Day at Fenwick ROSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Samaritans SSAFA (Forces Help) Scratch Southampton Providing basic furniture and household items to people suffering poverty. Recognised agencies only can refer. Shaw Trust (Hampshire County Council) Gardening service for the over 60s. Reduced rate for means tested benefit clients and up to 6 visits per year of 4 hours duration. groundsmaintenance@shaw-trust.org.uk Talking Newspaper Free service for visually impaired. News recorded weekly on cd, tapes, memory stick. Delivered to client free by Royal Mail. Recording then returned for reuse following week. Tax help for older people TOP Registered charity established to provide free professional help on personal tax to older people on modest incomes. Telephone manned and answer phone until Nov 2012 Local or geographic 9

11 Telephone Preference Service DMA House, 70 Margaret Street, London W1W 8SS Register free to prevent unwanted calls. The Pension Service Totton and Eling Town Council Civic Centre, Totton SO40 3AP will still charge from mobile Tourist Information Trading Standards Victim Support Vision Impaired Talking Newspaper Free service for visually impaired. News recorded weekly on cd,tapes, memory stick. Delivered to client free by Royal Mail. Recording then returned for reuse following week. Volunteer Centre until end Nov Welfare Service/Veterans Agency Wildlife Rescue (Salisbury area) Winter Fuel Payments Still charge from mobile Animals Cinnamon Trust Care of animals in absence of owner 10 Market Square, HAYLE, Cornwall TR27 4HE New Forest Pet Sitting 37 Fennel Gardens, Lymington SO41 9FS

12 PDSA (Must be in receipt of Housing or Council Tax Benefit) Waterside, Totton, Lyndhurst and Lymington For New Milton and BH postcodes Pet Carers Home and pet sitting charges apply Pet Healthcare Centre 38 Pylewell Road, Hythe, SO45 6AQ RSPCA Ringwood New Forest Seadown Vets 84 Salisbury Road, Totton Hythe Lymington Veterinary Services - Mid-Forest Veterinary Practice, Kingfisher House, Ringwood Road, West Totton enquiries@midforestvets.co.uk Veterinary Services Mid Forest Glenber Cottage, Beechen Lane, Clayhill, Lyndhurst SO43 7DD Transport Avonway Community Minibus Bransgore Community Care /8 Blue Star Buses (Waterside, Totton and Lymington but not New Milton) Call & Go (Community First New Forest) Transport service for older people & those with disabilities, who require door to door service locally. callandgo@cfnf.org.uk Communicare (Totton) Medical and Dental Appointments only Mon-Fri 10.00am noon

13 Fawley and District Voluntary Care Group Medical and Social (Blackfield, Calshot, Exbury, Holbury, Langley and Lepe) D Fenwick 2 Bus available for hire (not Mon or Wed). Driver not provided. coordinator@fenwick2.co.uk Fordingbridge & District Community Association Avonway Community Centre Fordingbridge Taxishare HCC Bookable Services to register Greyfriars Mini-bus Service The Association operates two mini-buses, both equipped with hydraulic lifts. They are available for use by the elderly, disabled and other organisations Hampshire County Council Transport Information Hythe and Dibden Community Car Service The Group exists to provide transport for the elderly or frail or disabled people of any age, where no suitable alternative transport is available. Volunteer drivers use their own cars for this service. 7am to 7 pm. Lymington Neighbourcare (Voluntary Care Group) Solent Mead Transport to attend hospital appointments, doctors surgeries, medical facilities. Volunteer drivers pick up from persons home. Mileage chart for charges on application. Lyndhurst Neighbourcare (within 5 miles of Lyndhurst) Medical Appointments, shopping assistance, collecting prescriptions, befriending, changing library books 48 hrs notice. Minibuses for hire (Community First New Forest) Open to members of Community First New Forest More Buses (Wilts and Dorset) (New Milton, Lymington, Ringwood, Fordingbridge) National Express Coaches

14 National Rail Enquiries New Milton Neighbourcare Canada House Business Centre, 1 Carrick Way, New Milton, BH25 6UD Transport provided by volunteer drivers. Main aim to enable clients to access medical facilities. Covers clients living in New Milton and neighbouring areas. Drivers (CRB checked) pick up clients from home but only charge from the centre of New Milton. 40p per mile + surcharge. Open Mon- Fri 9am am. Will shop from a list wherever possible. Co-ordinator Older Driver Skills Scheme Shopmobility (Southampton) Shopmobility schemes to provide wheelchairs or powered scooters to get around town Travel Line D Two Bridges Care Group Transport for the infirm (Fordingbridge) Waterside Goodneighbours Offer help with many everyday things including shopping, collecting prescriptions, letter writing and small practical tasks

15 D Social and Leisure Avon Valley Age Concern Day Centre - Fordingbridge Riverside Court Art Society Ringwood D Age Concern Day Care Centre Ringwood Art Club Fordingbridge Arthritis Research Club Avon Valley Archeological Society Avonway Adult Learning Course Brockenhurst College Avonway Coffee Mornings Avonway Community Centre 35 Shaftsbury Street, Fordingbridge Avonway Day Centre Avonway Drawing Group Avonway Lunch Club Avonway Longwater Tai Chi Avonway WI Avonway Yoga: Adult Learning Avonway Yoga & Gentle Exercise Bickerley The Ringwood Bridge Club Greyfriars Thurs 6.45 for 7.00 pm Bockhampton Art Club Bransgore Braeside Bridge Club Bransgore Community Care /8 14

16 Bransgore Croquet Club Bransgore Evening Art Society Bransgore Flower Club Bransgore Friendship Club Bransgore Horticultural Society Bransgore Mobile Library Bransgore New Forest Heart Start Bransgore Lunch Club Bransgore Probus Club Bransgore Rotary Bransgore Townswomen Guild Bransgore & Thorney Hill Womens Institute Bransgore Village Hall British Legion First Click Computer courses for seniors Fordingbridge Art Class Fordingbridge Bridge Club Fordingbridge Bowling Club Fordingbridge Camera Club Fordingbridge Choral Society Fordingbridge & District Day Centre For the frail and housebound Fordingbridge & District Int Friendship Fordingbridge Hand Bell Ringers

17 Fordingbridge Happy Tappers Fordingbridge Historical Society Fordingbridge Horticultural Society Fordingbridge Keep Fit Fordingbridge Museum Fordingbridge Rotary Club Fordingbridge Social Club Friends of Fordingbridge Hospital Friends of Fordingbridge Surgery Fordingbridge Nursing Aids Trust (Grants for those affected by illness or disability) Greyfriars Affiliated Organisations Greyfriars Bridge Club Wed and Fri 6.45 for 7 pm start Greyfriars Community Centre Club Greyfriars Forum Club Greyfriars Lace Club Greyfriars Luncheon Club GP referral only Greyfriars Mens Club Knit & Knatter Sandleheath Let s Get Growing A group for Ringwood residents who have underused gardens with the aim to link them with people who would like to grow their own fruit and vegetables

18 Lions Club Lose It To Music Keep fit for mature ladies New Age Kurling & Skittles Pottery Club Red Cross Between 10am & 12 noon Loan Equipment Ringwood & District Older Peoples Welfare Association Hon Secretary Anne Osbourne Ringwood Good Neighbours Ringwood Good Neighbours Befriending (Cornerways Surgery) Scheme Ringwood & District Older Peoples Housing Association Ringwood & Fordingbridge Club for the Blind Ringwood & Fordingbridge Talking News Ringwood Lions Club Rotary Club of Ringwood Royal British Legion Ringwood Salvation Army Ringwood Antiques Club Ringwood Art Society Ringwood Garden Club Ringwood Philatelic Society Ringwood Machine Knitting Club Ringwood Scottish Country Dance Club

19 Ringwood & Burley Band Salvation Army Fordingbridge Salvation Army Ringwood White Lion Scrabble League Young At Heart 1 st and 3 rd Thurs, pm South West area Art & Craft and interest groups Craft New Milton Community Centre Osborne Road Main aim chatter group. Mixed craft one week demo following 2 weeks people bring their own crafts. Attend if unable to do a craft and make friends. Will share lifts if possible, parking opposite. 2 nd and 4 th Wednesday of month 10am - 12noon. 1 per session plus refreshments purchased from CC coffee area. Ewe2club New Milton Community Centre Osborne Road Crafts, weaving, spinning, knitting, etc. Social Group. Any craft that uses yarn or fibre, but need to be able to carry own equipment. No teaching, informal, people support each other. Beginners/experienced welcome. 3 rd Thurs of month 2-4pm 6 per quarter free sample session. No transport. Public car park opposite. Wheelchair accessible Sit, Knit and Stitch Forest Arts Centre, Old Milton Road, New Milton, BH25 6DS Social type group Friday 11am 1pm. Check term times with FAC. Drop in with your knitting and enjoy a chat and coffee with like minded people in relaxed atmosphere of café. 3 includes coffee/tea, cash on day. Two disabled bays, parking area, wheelchair accessible Knit n Natter Sway Manor Hotel, Station Road, Sway, Lymington Bring your own knitting or crochet and chat whilst you knit. Refreshments purchase from bar. Shared lifts if possible. Parking. 15 annual membership fee to join Ewe2club. lst Wednesday of month. 7pm start. Wed am / Forest Arts

20 Garden Design Forest Arts Centre, Old Milton Road, New Milton Saturdays 10am- 12noon. Whether your garden needs a makeover or just updating come along and learn design techniques needed to create beautiful garden. Wheelchair accessible. Parking if available Coffee Drop ins Hordle pop in coffee morning Westmoreland Court, Stopples Lane, Hordle 10am 11am. All welcome for coffee and chat. No transport. Wheelchair accessible. Lymington Community Centre Common Room, New Street Run by volunteers. Open to public not a group. 10am-11.45am coffee, 12.45pm-1.45pm lunch, afternoon tea 3pm-4.30pm. Not open August. Public parking nearby Lymington United Reformed Church High Street public coffee mornings (not a group) every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Open Door Café 10.am -12noon. Listening Ear usually available. No transport or parking. St Mary s Church Drop-in Church Hall, Everton Coffee drop in 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Tuesday not 3rd of month. 10am 11.30am. Tea/coffee donations only. Sociable chat group. Wheelchair accessible. Transport if needed but only Everton area. Car parking if space. Community Centres Lymington Community Association New Street, Lymington, SO41 9BQ In conjunction with Brockenhurst College and the Workers Educational Association offer classes to suit every taste. Numerous clubs and affiliated groups meet regularly and offer a wide range of activities Encourages membership and volunteering but welcome all visitors. Coffee, lunch or tea available. The Reception desk is open from 9.30 am pm Monday-Friday and Saturdays 10 am - 12 pm. Check with Centre for film showings

21 Milford on Sea Village Community Centre, Sea Road, Milford on Sea, Hampshire SO41 0PH various events, numerous activities, coffee shop, lunch club. New Milton Community Association Community Centre Osborne Road, New Milton BH25 6EA Monday - Friday 9:45am-4:30pm and 6:30pm until 10:30pm Saturday 9:45am until 12:30pm. Numerous groups, activities, organisations. Public parking opposite for events Exercise groups Balance with Aimee Smith Forest Arts Centre, Old Milton Road, New Milton BH25 6DS Regular group, for term dates contact FAC. Monday 11am 12noon. 36 per 10 week sessions, tasters free. Low impact exercise session for over 60 s. No transport. Parking area 2 disabled bays. Wheelchair access/induction loop box office/theatre. Hordle Extend seated exercise Westmoreland Court, Stopples Lane, Hordle Movement to music, mainly seated. Monday 10 11am. Parking/no transport provided. Exercise class Lymington United Reformed Church Seated exercises motivated by music. Ideal for people with limited mobility mostly seated. No transport or parking just drop off area. Wheelchair accessible. Tues 12 noon 12.30pm 2 per session. Contact tutor B Evans. Strictly keep fit The Dance Studio, Sea Road, Milford on Sea With easy dance moves. Wear comfortable clothes. Monday 10.00am a.m. Wheelchair accessible. No transport. Forest Arts Music/dance Sequence Dancing (Modern) New Milton Community Association on Wed and Sat Evenings Sequence dancing tuition Community Association New Milton Every Thursday 1.45 pm all ages welcome. Parking. No transport provided

22 Singing Group Jubilee Singers New Milton Community Centre Osborne Road, New Milton. Singing Group Mixed choir all ages. Open to anyone who can read music or has good ear for music. Concerts held for any organisation such as care homes, churches, charities etc. Rehearsals 2 pm Wednesdays, Sept-June. 10 per half year plus registration with Community Centre. Uniform worn for concerts. No transport for rehearsals, shared lifts for events, public car park opposite. Wheelchair accessible. Secretary D D Social Groups Brendoncare Milford Green Friendship Club Village Community Centre, Milford on Sea 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday, 2.00pm 4.00pm Provides friendship, fun for older people. Refreshments. Taxi transport if required. Brendoncare Lymington Evergreen Fuller Hall, Lymington Community Centre, New Street Alternate Fridays from 2.00pm pm Provides friendship, fun for older people. Refreshments. Taxi transport if required. Brendoncare New Milton Get Together St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Church Lane, New Milton BH25 6QL 2 nd Weds of each month from pm Provides friendship, fun for older people. Refreshments. Taxi transport if required. Parking. Wheelchair accessible. CAMEO Social Group for Church Congregation and Friends New Milton Baptist Church Old Milton Road, New Milton BH25 6EF. 4 th or last Friday of month (not August). Come and meet each other. All ages. Chatter group, table tennis, skittles, snooker, bagatelle and board games. Parking available. Light lunch 3 suggested contribution. LEGS (Everton Ladies evening social group) St Mary s Church Hall Everton 1 st Monday in month. Need to phone before attending due to large membership numbers. Very lively large group. No transport but parking available. Head office V Newell Head office Head office

23 Poem and Pint (social type group) Forest Arts Centre, Old Milton Rd, New Milton BH25 6DS Monthly Monday 8pm. Check term times with FAC. 3 cash on night. If you have a poem to share or want to listen in relaxed bar atmosphere come and be stimulated. Wheelchair accessible, no transport/parking area. Royal Air Forces Association New Milton Community Centre, Osborne Road New Milton and District Branch Social Group. Do not have to belong to any forces. 1 st Tuesday coffee morning, 3 rd Tuesday main meeting am not August or December. Occasional speakers. No registration fee to Community Centre. Parking opposite, transport lifts if possible. Wheelchair access. Lymington VISTA Ladies Social Group St Thomas s Church Hall, St Thomas Street, Lymington SO41 9ND Wednesday once a month. Speakers, tea/coffee. 3pm contribution 1. No parking facilities. Public car park nearby. Forest Arts Support Groups Arthritis Care Arthritis support group. Guide hut Sea Road, Milford on Sea. 2.15pm 2 nd Friday of month. Donation 50p for refreshments. Membership 14 pa including bi monthly magazine. Social get together, outings, speakers and social activities. Hordle Stroke Club All Saints Church Hall Mondays Covers Hordle and New Forest. Stroke Club Nedderman Centre, New Milton. Speakers, chatter group, activities and outings. 2 course Lunch. Transport arranged if required. Parking, wheelchair accessible. Every Thursday except August, 10.30am 3pm. Vision Impaired Support/social group Open Sight (New Milton) Bashley Village Hall Bashley 4 th Wednesday in the month 2.30pm-4.15pm. Social activities, outings. Talking books available to borrow. 3 including refreshments/raffle. Transport organised until end Nov 12 22

24 Vision Impaired - TORCH New Milton Baptist Church, Old Milton Road, New Milton BH2 6EF. Christian based vision impaired fellowship group. Every Third Saturday 3pm 4.30pm. Non church people welcome. Singing, visiting choirs, speakers. Register taken so everyone aware who is present and sharing news. Accessible toilet and wheelchair accessible. Parking, transport provided if required. Vision Impaired - Macular Disease Group New Milton Community Centre, Osborne Road Talks, musical entertainment, outings. 2 nd Monday of month 2pm. Wheelchair accessible. Public Parking Totton and Lyndhurst Angling Club (Test Valley) 56 per annum. tightlinestotton@aol.com Antler Club (Bingo) Scout Hut, Blackwater Drive, Calmore Drive, Totton 7.30 pm for 8.00 pm with 9.50 pm finish. Minibus transport available. John Howat. Art Group Lyndhurst Community Centre. Various days and times Arts Society (New Forest) Lyndhurst Community Centre, Pine Room Third Wednesday in the month at 7.30 pm Art Society Totton and Eling Community Centre Once a month at pm on Wednesday. Badminton West Totton Centre /00 pm Wednesdays Bartley Horticultural Society Copythorne Parish Hall 3 rd Thursday of the month

25 Bingo Hounsdown Community Association Thurs evenings at pm. A raffle and tea and biscuits. Possible transport arranged. BLESMA Totton and Eling Community Centre Last Monday in month 10.00am-12.30pm Bowling Totton and Eling Bowls Centre, Crabbs Way, West Totton. Open to public for pay and play. 7 days a week. 2 buggies available for use on the green. Bowling Lyndhurst Bowling Club, Sandy Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7DN April-September avtp22@dsl.pipex.com Bowls (Forestgate) West Totton Centre Mon pm, Thurs pm and pm Mrs Semmens Bowls Indoor Calmore CC 8-10 pm Tuesdays Carers Café Fenwick 2, Trinity Church, West Totton Third Thurs pm. Carers Café Baptist Church, Chapel Lane, Lyndhurst First Thursday at pm. Chinwaggers Blackwater Drive Scout Hut am Wednesdays Christadelphians (Church Group) Totton and Eling Community Centre. Sunday pm. Cribbage Testwood Working Men s Club Secretary 110 Salisbury Road Totton Hampshire SO40 3PY

26 D CSRF (Civil Service Retirement Fellowship) Totton and Eling Community Centre Friday bi-monthly noon. Drama and Musical Society (Lyndhurst) Vernon Theatre, Sandy Lane SO43 7DN Rehearsal Mon and Thurs pm Eling Tide Mill 10.00am-4.00pm Wed-Sun plus Bank Holidays except Christmas Day and Boxing Day Foresters Flower Club Copythorne Parish Hall 1st Thurs pm. Annual Subs Furzey Gardens Free entry to Art and Craft Gallery Hants Photographic Project Access to images dating from 1850s archives Keep Fit West Totton Centre Thursdays am Knit and Natter Totton Library 10am -12noon Alternate Wednesday Kurling Fenwick 2 On Third Friday 12 noon-2pm Lace Making Totton and Eling Community Centre Wednesdays 10am noon (term time) Line Dancing Club Calmore Village Hall Friday evening 7.00pm pm. Contact Jean

27 Lyndhurst, Emery Down and Bank Residents Association Three general meetings per year in April, July and October Lyndhurst Flower Club Lyndhurst Community Centre 2.15 pm last Thurs (except July, Aug and Dec) Lyndhurst Lawn Tennis Club Over 50s Coaching Lyndhurst and Minstead Bell Ringers Practice every second and fourth Thursday pm New Forest Area Conservation Volunteers Maintaining important wildlife habitat Sundays Free Membership. Paul Joliffe. New Forest Aviation Group Lyndhurst Community Centre Second Friday except Aug and Dec pm. Patchwork Group Calmore Community Centre Tuesdays pm. There is a charge for this 10 week course. Jackie Sparks. Pet Carers Company of a dog without full-time or financial commitment. Pheonix Club Fenwick 2 Run by Community First New Forest s Home Support Service. Gael Clemett pm Mondays except Bank Holidays. Transport available. Pilates Lyndhurst Community Centre on Tues Pilates Exercise Group St Anne s Church, Cooks Lane, Calmore. Weds am followed by coffee. Gentle Way Group. Kath Read. Pilates Totton and Eling Community Centre Wednesdays pm and Thursdays am

28 D Pop-in Totton Christian Centre Tues to Fri noon. Pottery Classes at Angel Farm Pinkney Lane, Lyndhurst SO43 7FE Thursdays 7.00pm pm and Fridays 10.00am - 12noon angelsfarm@btinternet.com Romsey and Waterside Visually Impaired Group (Social) Totton and Eling Community Centre Monday pm. Bi-monthly. Southampton and District Bird Group Hounsdown Hall 2nd Fri in month 7.00pm for 7.30 pm and Field Trip 3rd Sunday. David.holloway60@ntlworld.com Singing Group Fenwick pm every 3rd Friday in the month 2. Social singing session for all older people and carers. Stroke Association Totton and Eling Community Association pm Wednesdays (GP referral only) Sunday Night Dance Lyndhurst Community Centre Half Hour tuition followed by sequence and ballroom dancing pm Sunday Supplement Totton and Eling Community Centre Sundays (Hosted by Westside Church) Tea Dances West Totton Centre Monthly pm on 1st Sunday in month Testwood Travel Club No meetings just lots of local interest places and theatre trips for all ages

29 Testwood Quilters group (quilting and patchwork) Totton and Eling Community Centre Thursdays pm The Hub Coffee Shop, Testwood Baptist Church, 283a Salisbury Road, Mon-Fri pm. Tea and coffee and hot snacks. Bring your own sandwiches at lunch time. Relax with friends. Coffee 50p. Totton U3A (University of the Third Age) Masonic Hall, Lexby Road, Totton, 2 nd Wed afternoon pm Secretary Ann Barnes Totton and District Three Score Club Totton and District Gardeners Society 3 Score Club Totton and Eling Historical Society Totton and Eling Community Centre First Monday in each month. 2-4 pm Totton and District Probus Club Totton & Waterside Club for the Blind Totton & Eling Community Centre 2nd Monday of each month pm New members welcome. TT Club Hounsdown Community Centre Thursdays 10.00am noon. Tea, coffee, a chat and bingo. Rose Sturgess. Whist Testwood Working Men s Club Secretary 110 Salisbury Road Totton Hampshire SO40 3PY Tuesdays Widows Club Totton and Eling Community Centre Friday every other week at 2.00pm pm Womens Institutes Ashurst 2 nd Wednesday at 7.30pm Colbury Church Rooms, Deerleap Lane, Colbury Copythorne 2 nd Wednesday at 2.15pm Parish Hall, Pollards Moor Lane, Cadnam 28

30 WritersCircle All ages, pm Yoga St Theresa s Church Hall, 20 Beaumont Road Every Wednesday 12.00noon pm Youlton School of Dance (Ballroom, sequence dancing) Totton and Eling Community Centre Thursdays at 6.30pm Calmore CC on Friday at 6.30 pm 50+ Multi Sport Morning West Totton Centre Wednesday noon D D Waterside Age Concern Pop-in at Dibden Purlieu Mondays noon Methodist Church Hall, North Road Alzheimers NF and Test Valley Branch Milford War Memorial Hospital, Sea Road, Milford-on-Sea SO41 OPG Blackfield Flower Club Holbury Blackfield Gardening Group St Francis Church Hall, Langley at 7.30pm. Guest speakers, outings and competitions. Calshot Sailing Club Wood Hatch, Blackfield, Southampton SO45 1WJ Chatter Lace Tues Term Time St Andrews Centre. Dibden and Purlieu Gardening Association 7.30 pm on 1 st Thursday in the month at St Andrews Centre Evergreen Club St Johns Hall, Hythe Social group offering talks and bingo sessions. Meets two Thursdays each month at 2pm Club House Call in Call in

31 Healthy Walks Hythe and Blackfield Health Centres. The walks are open to everyone, whether registered patients or not. group Helen Youngs Dance Group Hythe Community Centre, Hythe, Hall 2. Fun with Fitness group for the young at heart. Monday evenings Holbury 50+ Club Meets alternate Monday afternoons from 2pm at the Good Shepherd Hall. Horrill Centre various activities inc walking HYADS Ladies Group Hythe Community Centre Meets first Wednesday of the month. Speakers, refreshments, raffle and chat. New members always welcome. Hythe Wives Hythe Community Centre, Hythe Speakers and social events. 1 st and 3 rd Friday each month. 7.15pm to 9.30pm. Hythe and Dibden Woodland and Waterside Group Conservation work including clearance, path laying, boardwalks, recording of flora and fauna, work with schools and in particular the Hythe and Dibden Community Woodland. Have several members over 65. Meet 1 st Sunday in the month 10am to 1pm. Men s Breakfast Group Cornerstone United Reform Church, New Road, Hythe Meets approximately every six weeks on a Saturday 8.30am to 10am. A good English breakfast is provided, all cooked by men for men. A variety of speakers will give a talk after the breakfast. New Forest Area Conservation Volunteers Maintaining important wildlife habitat. Sundays FREE Membership. Paul Joliffe New Forest Aviation Group Monthly second Friday except August and December in Lyndhurst Community Centre pm Contact via Community Centre on New Forest (East) Probus Group 3 rd Thursday at 10 am

32 Oasis Group New Hope Centre, Holbury Meetings every Tuesday 11.45am lunch, 1 to 2pm entertainment. Speakers, quizzes and outings. Good mix of men and women. Payment is by means of a voluntary donation, those unable to pay are still welcome to attend. Pet Carers Company of a dog without full-time or financial commitment. Pop in Coffee Morning Methodist Church Hall, North Road, Dibden Purlieu Every Monday from 10am. Just call in. Romsey and Waterside Visually Impaired Group Totton Community Centre. Monday pm. Bi-monthly. Scrabble Club St Johns Hall, Hythe. Every Wednesday at 1pm. Shape up and dance for 50+ age group 2pm every Monday Solid Silver Club Marchwood Village Hall, Marchwood Friendly group offering outings, games, cream tea and other activities. Different dates but normally on a Wednesday once a fortnight. Southampton and District Bird Group Hounsdown Hall 2nd Friday in month 7.00pm for 7.30 pm and Field Trip 3rd Sunday. Maggi Short, Chairman Tea Dance Marchwood Village Hall 2 nd and 3rd Saturday 2pm-4.30 and Hythe Parish Hall Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm. Sunday evening at Lyndhurst Community Centre. The New Forest/Waterside U3A Meetings are held at St Andrew s Church Hall, Dibden Purlieu from 2pm to 4pm on the first, third and fifth (where this occurs) Tuesday or each month. Meetings feature guest speakers on a wide range of topics, preceded by an information session from the Chairman. Activities take place throughout the year except for the month of August

33 The Royal British Legion Exbury Road, Blackfield, Southampton SO45 1XD Topaz Club WI Community Hall, Lunedale Road, Dibden Purlieu 1.45pm two Wednesdays a month. Social group offering outings, talks, games and chat. Totton & Waterside Club for the Blind Totton & Eling Community Centre 2nd Monday of each month. 2-4pm. New members welcome. Travel Club No meetings just lots of local interest places and theatre trips for all ages. Waterside Natural History Society St Andrews Centre Hall Waterside Short Mat Bowls (Holbury) Women s Guild St Johns Hall, Hythe. 2nd Thursday 7.00pm. Speakers, outings, quizzes, music and chat. Women s Guild Gentle Exercise Ewart Court, Jones Lane, Hythe. Monday afternoon 2.30pm in the lounge. Womens Institute (Marchwood) WI House, 56 Hyde Abbey Road, Winchester SO23 7DB WI is democractic, social and educational. Events are organised throughout Hampshire and include arts/crafts, sports, leisure activities, visits to places of interest, home economics, gardening, music, speech, drama, public and international affairs, leadership and much more. Meetings on the 2 nd Tuesday of each month at 7.15pm in Marchwood Village Hall. WritersCircle All ages, pm Southampton barjaxplume@hotmail.com

34 Lunch Clubs Avon Valley Avonway Lunch Club Bransgore Lunch Club Greyfriars Luncheon Club GP referral only South West Ashley Baptist Church Church Hall, Ashley BH25 5AA Lunch Club. Wednesdays. Two course fresh cooked lunch 3. Transport if required. Only for people living alone. Very welcoming. Holiday club plus outing. Wheelchair accessible. Barton Methodist Church Lunch Group Sea Road, Barton on Sea Wednesday 12noon- 1.30pm. An ecumenical service for elderly, living alone. Freshly prepared and cooked lunch. Transport for handicapped people is arranged. Members must be elderly and living alone, or married couples in need of help annual membership plus 3.50 for the meal + 50p per person if transport is arranged. Wednesday lunchtime 12-2pm. Everton- St Mary s Church Hall Friendship lunch 3 rd Tuesday of month 12.15pm (short service in church 11.45am optional). Regulars are on a list but applicants can apply to go onto waiting list. Not a drop in, need to be on list. Wheelchair accessible/parking. Need to speak to organiser re transport for Everton area only if available. Lymington Baptist Church New Street Lunch group in the Grace Café. Monday 12.30pm 1.30pm Friendly. 2 courses plus tea/coffee. Freshly cooked on premises. Vegetarian alternative. 2. Parking available Lymington -St Thomas Church Hall Lunch Group St Thomas Street, Lymington SO41 9ND Monday 12noon 2pm. No parking or transport available. Wheelchair accessible. Milford on Sea First Friday Lunch Club Community Centre, Sea Road SO41 0PH Church secretary

35 D D D Milford on Sea (Sunday Lunch Club) Community Centre, Sea Road SO41 0PH Totton and Lyndhurst Age Concern New Forest Totton and Eling Community Association Tuesday pre booked only Age Concern New Forest West Totton Centre Monday pm pre booked only Lyndhurst Baptist Church Hall Chapel Lane Last Wednesday at for lunch. Lyndhurst Community Centre Friday pm St Andrews Church Dibden Purlieu Monday Jan Verberan Trinity Church Soup and Sweet Lunch West Totton Wednesday pm Waterside Age Concern New Forest Sunday Lunch Club Horrill Centre, Dibden. 3 course meal, 5 including transport, 4 without. Runs every other Sunday pre booked only. There is normally a waiting list for transport. Dibden Lunch and Social Club St Andrew s Hall, Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu Mondays 10am to 3pm. Offers trips out and social atmosphere with a simple lunch. Cost 7.50 per week to cover transport and around 2.50 per meal. Runs on bank holidays. Hythe 2000 Lunch Club St John s Hall, Hythe 2 course lunch. Wednesday 12 noon to 1.00pm. No transport. Call to book or just turn up

36 Community Halls Avon Valley Damerham Frogham Godshill Ibsley Martin Minstead Rockbourne Totton and Lyndhurst Area Calmore Community Centre Calmore Cres, SO49 2ZU Calmore Village Hall Pauletts Lane SO40 2RS Christian Centre - Trinity Church (Lettings) Hazel Farm Road, Totton SO40 8WU Copythorne Parish Hall Pollards Moor Road SO40 2NZ Room Hire Emery Down and Bank Village Hall Mill Lane SO43 7EN Room Hire Garland Lodge (5th New Forest North Scout Group) Blackwater Drive, Totton SO40 2QJ Hanger Farm Arts Centre Aikman Lane, Totton SO40 8FT Hounsdown Community Centre Hounsdown Avenue SO40 9EX

37 Lyndhurst Baptist Church Hall Chapel Lane SO43 7FG Minstead Village Hall SO43 7FX St Anne's Church Hall Calmore St Matthews Church Hall Netley Marsh St Theresa's Church Hall Beaumont Road, Totton Totton and Eling Community Centre Library Road SO40 3RS Totton Christian Centre Ringwood Road SO40 8DA Totton Masonic Hall Lexby Road SO40 9HD West Totton Centre Hazel Farm Rd SO40 8WU Churches Avon Valley Bransgore Community Church Bransgore Church St Marys Damerham Baptist Church The Damerham Baptist Church was founded in 1801 and is located at South End. It holds a service at 11 a.m. each Sunday and a prayer meeting each Wednesday. Damerham St Georges Fordingbridge Methodist Church Poulner Baptist Chapel

38 Ringwood Methodist Church Ringwood Parish Church Ringwood Parish Church St Paul & St Peter St Marys Parish Church Fordingbridge Trinity Church Ringwood United Reform Church Fordingbridge South West All Saints Church All Saints Road, Lymington Church of England and Methodists share building Jehovah s Witnesses, Marsh Lane Lymington Baptist Church New Street, Lymington SO41 9BJ Lymington United Reformed Church High Street, Lymington Our Lady of Mercy and St Joseph 132 High Street, Lymington Roman Catholic Quakers Religious Society of Friends Community Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington River of Life Church Community Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington St Thomas C of E Church StThomas Street, Lymington Christian Science Society Community Centre, Cannon Street, Lymington Ashley Baptist Church 3 Lower Ashley Road, Ashley, New Milton BH25 5AA New Milton Baptist Church 90 Old Milton Road

39 New Milton New Life New Life Christian Centre, 34 Gore Road, New Milton BH25 6RZ Church services held in New Milton Memorial Centre. Contact New Life Church Office. New Milton Evangelical Free Church Whitefield Road, New Milton New Milton Quaker House 30 Whitefield Road, New Milton Our Lady of Lourdes RC Church 15 Mount Avenue, New Milton BH25 6NT St Mary Magdalene C of E Church The Rectory, Church Lane, New Milton BH25 6QN St Peters Church Ashley Common Road, Ashley Totton and Lyndhurst Anglican Churches All Saints, Minstead SO43 7EX Christ Church Colbury SO40 7EH Christ Church Emery Down SO43 7DT St Anne's Cooks Lane, Totton SO40 2RU St Mary's Copythorne St Mary's Eling Hill, Totton SO40 9HF St Matthew's Ringwood Road, Totton St Michaels and All Angels High Street, Lyndhurst S043 7BD

40 St Winfrid's Salisbury Road, Totton Baptist Churches Lyndhurst Baptist Church Chapel Lane SO43 7AE Testwood Baptist Church 283a Salisbury Road, Totton SO40 3LZ Roman Catholic Churches Church of our Lady of the Assumption and St Edward 14 Empress Road, Totton SO43 7AE St Theresa s 20 Beaumont Road, Totton SO40 3AL Trinity Churches (Methodist and United Reformed) Trinity Church Hazel Farm Road, Totton SO40 8WU Westside Church, 22 Ewell Way, Totton Waterside Cornerstone United Reformed Church New Road, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6BR office@cornerstonehytheurc.org.uk Dibden Purlieu Methodist Church North Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton SO45 4PG Fawley Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Fawley, Southampton SO45 1EB Hardley Methodist Church Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2PD New Hope Community Church Hardley Green, Hardley, Hythe, Southampton SO45 3NZ admin@newhopecc.co.uk

41 New Forest Community Church Marchwood Village Hall, Marchwood Village Centre, Marchwood, Southampton SO40 4SX St Andrew s C of E Church Beaulieu Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton St Bernard s RC Church 20a Southbourne Avenue, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2NT St Francis C of E Church West Common, Blackfield, Southampton, SO45 1XJ St Georges Chapel Calshot Road, Calshot, Southampton SO45 1BB St John C of E Church St Johns Vicarage, Vicarage Road, Marchwood, Southampton SO40 4SX St John The Baptist and St Anne s C of E Church 14 Atheling Road, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6BR St Michael s R C Church The Presbytery, 6 Langdown Lawn, Hythe, Southampton SO45 5GR Solent Bible Church Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6AA The Good Shepherd C of E Church Roewood Road, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2JN The Gospel Church Long Lane, Marchwood, Southampton SO40 4WR Waterside Catholic Parish Church St Bernards House, 20A Southbourne Avenue, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2NT

42 Health and Wellbeing Services GPs Avon Valley Burton and Bransgore Medical Centre D Cornerways Surgery Parkers Close, Gorley Road, Ringwood Fordingbridge Surgery Bartons Road Ringwood Medical Centre The Close Twin Oaks Medical Centre South West Area Barton on Sea - Barton Surgery 1 Edmunds Close, Barton on Sea Bransgore Twin Oaks Medical Centre Ringwood Road, Bransgore Hordle - The Surgery 24 Ashley Lane, Hordle Lymington - Chawton House Surgery St Thomas Street, Lymington Lymington - Webb Peploe Surgery 45 Church Lane, Lymington Lymington - Wistaria Surgery 18 Avenue Road, Lymington Milford on Sea - Milford Medical Centre Sea Road, Milford on Sea New Forest Medical Group The Surgery, Highwood Rd, Brockenhurst SO42 7RY New Milton - The Arnewood Pratice Milton Medical Centre, Avenue Road, New Milton BH25 5JP